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bad day at work

Although this has too much of the Modern Family intonation to it, What the heck

I may have one of those chutes installed out my office window...

Bet it felt good though to jump ship like he did... well until later of course when 50 cops surrounded his house and ousted him from his bed. But it never really pays to lose it... that's the bottom line.

I kinda feel bad for the guy. Yeah, he lost it, but we all do sometimes. And because this was on an airplane he will probably get a worse punishment than if it happened elsewhere. Also, what's with the reckless endangerment charge? Everytime I get on my bike I could be charged with that.

Reckless endangerment of ground crew, since the ramp could have hit one of them.

At least he got a beer out of it

Two! But I heard on the news he's a recovering alcoholic (among other things ) so that's probably not a good thing.

When he opened the door, would it have made it. An emergency exit from the plane. If the door system had not been set for exiting. The emergency chute would automatically then go off. So he did not get a choice in the matter once he opened it. If so bet that gave him a fright Would I be right in thinking this . Does the ground crew do anything outside when they put the steps there ? atb geoff

Thanks Dwight for the info So the red mist must have come down. Dont mater if he gets fired . soon be on all the reality shows earning mega $$ atb geoff

Yep, most likely!

According to many of the reports I seen, the guy is now some kind of "Folk Hero" to many people out there who are feeling stressed out at work, and seems to be channeling the angst of many of those workers as some kind of later day Howard Beale(from the movie, "Network") or Johnny Paycheck (from the song, "Take This Job and Shove it").

Funny that the title of this thread is "Ever had one of those days?" All about airlines as well.

I've just returned from my jaunt across the pond and when I got into Heathrow this morning and stood like a muppet next to the conveyer belt for a good hour in baggage return only to find the US Airways baggage handlers didn't load my holdall that I checked in at Albany onto my connecting flight in Philidelphia.

So if anyone in PA notices a funny smell coming from the airport then don't worry its just some of my dirty laundry.

Fair play to the guy at Heathrow - within about 2 minutes he had tracked my holdall down to the exact point where it was and has it booked on a flight and delivery arranged to my house.

At least I didn't have to lug the holdall through London on the train today so at least that was one plus point.

Well Graham, ya see there COULD be a VERY logical explanation to all this. This COULD have ALL just been simple matter of "miscommunication" here. Yep, ya see, those WERE employees of US Airways who took your carry-on bag from you in Albany as you told 'em to check it right on through to LHR, RIGHT?!

AND, do you recall how many times in Poland last year I had to ask you to please repeat yourself 'cause for the LIFE o' me I could NOT understand what the heck you had just tried to say to me the FIRST time...because of that ACCENT of yours?!

(...and so, there's just ONE "logical" explanation for your lost/delayed piece of luggage RIGHT THERE, ol' buddy!!!)

Errrrr Dwight and the label on the bag with LHR on it and the bar code and the flight number were written with a peculiar accent as well I guess.

So, if he had to activate a switch to make the slide deploy, it is likely that he opened the door, looked to see if ground crew were in the way, then popped the slide. No endangerment there. I've seen employers building phony "cases" before, and that's what this sounds like.

I know what you're sayin' GB, however don't forget...since a certain date in 2001, airport and airline officials, and the Government, both local and federal, don't look too kindly upon any shenanigans acted out in and around where airplanes take off and land.

Case in point: Before 9-11, many of the employees of NWA at L.A. Int'l and throughout the system, and many other employees of other carriers throughout the nation who worked with the public would celebrate Halloween by dressing in costumes while working their shifts that day. But after that date, well, I think you know how it's all changed since then.

(btw, if you're wonderin', back then for Halloween I'd usually go to work as Indiana Jones, and with a whip tied at my belt...but for obvious reason, I didn't carry a .44 through the airport...yeah, you're right, it did make any possible reenacting of that famous scene where Indy just pulls out his gun and shoots that sword-wielding dude kind'a difficult, but I'd manage to get through the day somehow anyway!!!)